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PATENTED FEB, 18, 1908.

M. L0 CELSO. MEASURING DEVICE FOR. TAILORS USE.

APPLICATION FILED HA3. 14, 1907.

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MICHAEL LO CELSO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MEASURING DEVICE FOR TAILORS USE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

Application filed March 14:. 1907- Serial No. 362.383-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL Lo CELso, citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Measure Devices forTailors Use, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements inmeasuring devices for the use of tailors and has particular reference tothe measuring of trousers.

The invention has for its object an apparatus by which the tailor mayobtain all of the main measurements of a customer for a pair of trousersand which may be used to obtain the measurements very quickly and with adegree of adjustment, the device being designed to be applied to thecloth after it has been set for a customers measurements so that thecloth may be cut from such measurements directly from the device as apattern.

The invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements of theparts which I shall hereinafter particularly describe and then point outthe novel features in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of' the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved measuring device, showingits application; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a sideelevation on an enlarged scale Fig. 4 is a detail face view of a portionof one of the spring tapes; Fig. 5 is a detail view of the spirit levelemployed; and, Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the waist beltdetached.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

My improved measuring device comprises a frame embodying a base plate 1and vertically extending front and rear pivoted beams 2 and 3. The frontbeam 2 is pivotally mounted on the foot piece 4 which latter isslidingly connected to one end of the base plate 1 so as to slidelongitudinally thereof. This sliding connection between the foot 4 ofthe front beam 2 and the front end of the base plate 1 is effected inthe present in* stance by means of a slot 5 in the plate and a set screw6 received in said slot and working in the foot 4. The front end of thebase plate 1 is provided on its upper edge with a scale 7 so that theextension or position of the foot 4 with respect to the base plate 1,and the consequent distance between the two beams 2 and 3 as a whole maybe determined. The rear pivoted beam 3 is mounted directly upon the rearend of the base plate 1 and both of said beams are provided at theircurved pivoted edges with scales 8 designed to coact with darts on thefoot 4 and rear end of the base plate 1 so as to determine the deviationof said beams from the vertical.

On one of the vertical pivoted beams a spring tape is secured, the fronttape being designated 9 and the rear tape 1.0. These two tapes may becomposed of whale-bone or spring steel, or similar resilient substanceand are secured at their lower ends to the opposite edges of the beams 2and 3 near the ends of the latter, the upper ends of said spring'tapesbeing free from connection to the beams and being adapted to be sprungin against the abdomen and small of the back of the person beingmeasured. In order to move these spring tapes inwardly and hold them attheirproper positions, I provide two lower adjusting bars 11 and 12,front and rear, and two upper adjusting bars 13 and 14, front and rear.beams 2 and 3 is provided near its upper end with a vertically extendingslot 15 and with scales 1.6 contiguous to said slots and the upper andlower arms 11, 12, 13 and 14, are slidingly held to the beams by setscrews 17 working in said slots and in slots formed in the adjustingarms themselves. It will be noted that the said arms are also providedwith scales along one edge, as indicated at 18, and that by theconnection described, the said arms may be adjusted up and down andtowards and farther from each other as desired. The inner ends of theadjusting arms are adapted to bear against spring tapes 9 and 10 to pushthe said tapes against the body of the person being measured and toconform the spring tapes to the latter. The arms are held in theiradjusted position by means of the set screws 17.

The inner end of each upper adjusting arm (13 and 14) is formed with adownwardly facing hook 19 which is adapted to engage Each one of thepivoted and hold a waist belt 20 which is preferably of spring steel.The belt 20 is formed with overlapping ends adjustably held together bymeans of set screws and slots as shown and at front and back said beltis preferably provided with a loop 21, and the said hooks 19 aredesigned to be inserted in said loops. In addition to the main scaleextending along one edge of the waist belt 20 and designed for thepurpose of measuring a persons waist, the said belt is provided withauxiliary scales 22 that are located adjacent longitudinal slots 23.Within each of these slots is a button or stud 24 which is mounted toslide along its respective slot and which has suspended from it a plumbline 25 to the lower end of which a bob or weight 26 is secured. Theseplumb lines are adapted to extend down in front of the persons legs, sothat the proper position for the crease of the trousers may bedetermined, it being obvious that the line may be moved laterally in onedirection or the other by means of the sliding stud 24 in the slot 23.

Each of the spring tapes 9 is provided with a longitudinal slot 27 and asmall stud 28 is mounted to slide in each slot. To each stud a tapemeasure 29 is secured. Another tape measure 30 is mounted on a similarstud 31 fitted to slide within a slot 32 formed in the base plate 1, andthe purpose of these three tape measures is for measuring a persons hipsand thighs.

A spirit level 33 is longitudinally and pivotally connected to the baseplate 1, as illustrated in full and dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3, thespirit level itself being shown detached in Fig. 5. This spirit level isformed in its middle portion with a slot 34 through which the stud31extends, so as to provide for the pivotal and longitudinal adjustment ofthe spirit level. By this arrangement, no matter whether the customerstands perfectly upright or inclines backwardly or forwardly, the truelevel of the garment may be shown by the spirit level 33 in combinationwith the scale 35 at the rear end of the base plate 1.

In practical use my improved measuring device is thrust upwardly betweenthe legs of the aerson to be measured for the trousers until a snug fitof the apparatus is secured, the foot 4 being slid outwardly or inwardlyas necessary and the beams 2 and 3 being adjusted to the properpositions. The spring tape measures 9 and 10 are pressed inwardly asabove described and held in their proper adjusted positions, and thewaist belt is fitted to the hooks 19 and the waist measurement of aperson obtained while at the same time the plumb lines are manipulatedto obtain the proper position of the creases of the trousers legs, andthe tape measures 29 and 30 are passed over the persons hips and aroundthe upperportions of the thighs so that by this means all of thenecessary measurements may be obtained. The tape measure 30 may also beused in a vertical position, so as to indicate the length of the insideseam of the trousers legs, and in this connection it may coact with thescale 31 on the lower edge of the base plate 1. After the measure-vments have thus been indicated 011 and by means of my improved measuringapparatus the device itself is applied to the cloth and used as a chartor pattern, so as to cut the garment in the desired shape and of thedesired size.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodying abase plate and frontand rear beams, spring tapes secured to therespective beams and adapted to be sprung inwardly towards each other,arms mounted on said beams and adapted to press said tapes inwardly, andmeans for holding said arms at different positions with respect to thebeams, both longitudinally and laterally considered.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodying abase plate and front and rear beams, spring tapes connected to saidbeams, means for pressing said tapes towards each other, each tape beingprovided with a longitudinal slot, and tape measures provided at one endwith studs slidingly mounted in said slots.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodying abase plate and beams connected thereto, spring tapes connected to saidbeams, arms adapted to press said tapes inwardly, hooks formed on saidarms, and a waist-belt adapted to be en gaged by said hooks.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodying abase plate and front and rear beams connected thereto, hooked armsmounted upon the respective beams, and a waist belt adapted to beengaged by said hooks.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodying abase plate and front and rear beams connected thereto, and a spiritlevel pivotally mounted upon said base plate, the latter being providedwith a scale with which the spirit level is adapted to coact.

6. A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodying abase plate and front and rear beams, and a spirit level having alongitudinally adjustable connection with said base plate.

7. In a device of the character described, a waist belt provided with alongitudinal slot, a stud mounted to slide in said slot, and a plpmbline and weight suspended from said stuc.

8. A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodying abase plate,

a, rear beam pivotally connected to said base In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature plate, a foot piece having a slidin connection inpresence of two witnesses.

with the front end of the base p ate a front I beam pivotally mounted onsaid foot piece, MICHAEL CELSO' 5 hooks adjustebly mounted on the frontand Witnesses:

rear beams, and at waist belt adapted to be MICHELE 'GREOO,

engaged by said hooks. MARKE A. FOOTE.

